Pathogens around the world just got a helping hand from the Trump administration.

Next year should have been a year of celebration for experts dedicated to ridding the world of disabling and deadly infectious diseases. It would have been the 20th anniversary of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Neglected Tropical Diseases Program, which has helped billions around the world recover from debilitating infections like hookworm, dengue fever and Chagas’ disease. Instead, the Trump administration eliminated the program in May.

The move came after President Trump withdrew the United States from the World Health Organization on his first day in office, and later canceled more than $530 million in grants for infectious disease research. Then in August, Health and Human Service

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